Changes in Forage Quality, Ingestive Mastication, and Digesta Kinetics Resulting from Switchgrass Maturity

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1368-1379

  Burns, J C ^a,b   Pond, K R ^c   Fisher, D S ^a,b   Luginbuhl, J M ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Fiber Quality; Particle Size Analysis; Plant Fiber

Indexed keywords

PANICUM VIRGATUM;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CELLULOSE; CHROMIUM; HEMICELLULOSE; POLYSACCHARIDE; YTTERBIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; FERMENTATION; MALE; MASTICATION; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; STANDARD; TIME;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATTLE; CELLULOSE; CHROMIUM; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; DIGESTIVE PHYSIOLOGY; FERMENTATION; MALE; MASTICATION; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PARTICLE SIZE; POACEAE; POLYSACCHARIDES; TIME FACTORS; YTTERBIUM;

EID: 0031135548     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.7551368x     Document Type: Article

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